Eight lights : 8 meditations for Chanukah : with an exploration of the dreidel / Rabbi DovBer Pinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinson, DovBer, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hanukkah--Meditations.

Hanukkah.

Candles and lights (Judaism).

Light--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Light.

Dreidel (Game).

Genre:

Religious materials.

Meditations.

Physical Description:

138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

8 meditations for Chanukah

8 lights

Eight meditations for Chanukah

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : IYYUN Publishing, [2010]

Language Note:

With occasional Hebrew.

Summary:

"Eight Lights, Eight Meditations for Chanukah is the perfect Chanukah gift for anyone on your list, including yourself. Rabbi Pinson with his trademark spiritual sensitivity and deep understanding of tradition, illuminates the holiday of Chanukah in an entirely new way. In the format of a meditation for each night of Chanukah - this book is both a guide to the lighting of the menorah and celebrating of Chanukah, and a manual for a deeper understanding of the holiday. Beautifully designed and packaged, this makes for an ideal Chanukah gift." -- Amazon.com.

Contents:

I. What is Chanukah

II. The lights of the menorah

III. Guide to menorah lighting and blessings

IV. Eight meditations. 1. Miracle meditation

2. Healing vision

3. All is divine light

4. Being present

5. Body and soul as one

6. The flickering lights of yearning and returning

7. Where is your light?

8. The five aspects of light : a visual yichud meditation

V. Meditations on the dreidel : Historical, allegorical and kabbalistic perspectives.

ISBN:

9780615563909

0615563902

9780978666378

0978666372

OCLC:

875046497